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The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai
The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai
The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai
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Desire, virtue, courtesans (also known as sing-song girls), and the denizens of Shanghai's pleasure quarters are just some of the elements that constitute Han Bangqing's extraordinary novel of late imperial China. Han's richly textured, panoramic view

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Release dateAug 13, 2012
ISBN9780231529457
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